Corn-husking hook.



No. 776,634. PATENTED DEC. 6, 1904.

0. 0. WOLFE & W. J. BRO.

CORN HUSKING HOOK.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.11, 1904.

N0 MODEL.

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PATENT OFFICE.

CHRISTOPHER C. WOLFE AND lVlLLlAM J. BRO, OF SYRACUSE, NEBRASKA.

CORN-HUSKING HOOK.-

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 776,634, dated December 6, 1904. Application filed January 11, 1904. Serial No. 188,655. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that we, CHRISTOPHER C. W OLFE and WILLIAM J. Bno, citizens of the United States, residing at Syracuse, in the county of ()toe and State of Nebraska, have invented a new and useful Corn-Husking Hook, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to eorn-huskers, and has for its object to improve, simplify, and oheapen the construction of devices of this character and to provide a durable and eflicient husking implement designed for application to the wrist of a person, so as to allow free movement of the thumb and fingers.

A further object of the invention is to provide means for bracing the wrist and means for preventing accidental displacement of the husker when in position thereon.

A still further object is to arrange the bill ofthe hook at an angle or inclination to the general plane of the body portion, so that the hook may readily engage the husks and quickly and effectively remove the same in the act of husking.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended, it being understood that various changes in form, proportion, and minor-details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

In the drawings forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a corn-husker constructed in accordance with our invention, showing the same applied. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the device detached. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view, and Fig. 4 is a transverse section.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings.

The husker comprises a wrist-band 5,formed of leather or other suitable material, having its front edge extended to form a bib 6 and its opposite ends provided with buckles 7 and straps 8 for attaching the band to the wrist of the operator. Secured to the band 5 in any suitable manner, as by rivets 9, is a metallic plate 10, preferably triangular in shape and slightly curved or bowed in cross-section, as shown, to conform to curvature of the wrist.

The plate 10 extends from a point adjacent the rear edge ofthe wrist-band to the end of the bib 6, said plate being bent rearwardly to form a husk-engaging book 11, the bill of which is inclined or beveled upwardly to form a cutting-point 12. The forward portion of the plate 10 immediately below the hook 11 is bent downwardly at an acute angle to the general plane of the plate, so as to cause the bill of the hook to readily engage the husks and quickly and effectively remove the same when the implement is drawn rearwardly in the act of husking. The deflected portion of the plate 10 engages the concave portion of the palm at the base of the wrist, as clearly shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, thereby preventing the implement from turning or slip ping off the wrist when in use, while the bib G'forms a pad or cushion and prevents the plate from coming in contact with the hand at this point.

Assuming the implement to be secured in position on the right hand, the operator grasps the ear of corn near the point thereof with the left hand and then reaches out with the right hand and draws the same back, so that the bill of the hook pierces the husks and pulls them to one side, thus exposing the car. When this is done, the fingers are in a position to grasp the exposed ear, which may be quickly detached from the husks.

By having the end of the plate bent downwardly, as described, it not only causes the bill of the hook to readily engage the husks,

but also causes the bit 6 to engage the concavity at the base of the wrist and prevent accidental displacement of the husker when in use.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is 1. A corn-husker comprising a wrist-band having one edge thereof extended to form a bib adapted to engage the base of the wrist, and a plate secured to the wrist-band having its rear end transversely curved and its forward end bent downwardly upon the bib and from the downwardly-bent portion of said plate and provided With a cutting-point.

In testimony that We claim the foregoing as our own We have hereto afiixed our signatures 5 in the presence of tWo Witnesses.

CHRISTOPHER C. WVOLFE. WILLIAM J. BRO.

provided with a terminal hook the bill of Which is inclined away from the downwardlybent portion of said plate and provided With a cutting-point.

2. A corn-husker comprising a wrist-band, and a plate secured to the Wrist-band having its rear end transversely curved to conform to the shape of the wrist and its forward end bent downwardly at an angle to the general Witnesses: plane of the plate and provided With a ter- N. S. PETTINGER, minal hook, the bill of which is inclined away L. A. WHITE. 

